An excellent online Japanese-English dictionary that has proven its value many times during our translation projects. The primary server is hosted by Monash University; there are also a number of mirror sites around the world for more local access. Also, work is underway to add additional languages to the dictionary.

The Anime Club of the University of Texas at Austin. By all accounts, one of the largest and most successful anime clubs in the nation. One of our Council members serves as one of the UT club’s officers. Also, most of our subtitling work is publically shown here first. Membership is restricted to current UT students, faculty, and staff, but showings are free and open to the public. (Membership is required for such extras as access to the Club’s lending library.) Meets every Friday during normal UT academic sessions, and on some Saturdays for special events.

This is where we purchase almost all of our DVDs and CDs. Their service is fast, reliable, and reasonably priced: You pay the standard Japanese street price (minus tax, which you do not have to pay if ordering from outside of Japan), plus a flat 5% service fee. Turnaround time for an order is about a week, and special orders and pre-orders are welcome. The also offer a limited selection of related goods (figures, etc.).

Another good source of imported anime goods. While CD Japan carries many non-anime items, AMO’s focus was on anime and related goods (anime soundtracks, etc.). They offered free EMS (express air) shipping for orders of over $200. (This link will be removed soon; it will remain listed here for a while for informational purposes.)

Yet another place to obtain import DVDs and related merchandise. They seem to be especially good at obtaining limited first-pressing editions of DVDs after CD Japan and AMO Tokyo can no longer provide them. Amazon Japan also now has an English-language interface to their system (as do CD Japan and AMO Tokyo), although most of their product entries are still in Japanese only.

A good source of anime-related news and DVD reviews. AnimeOnDVD is also the home of a well-maintained list of licensed anime (with informaton on who licensed it and when the announcement was made).

For those who prefer to download anime rather than request copies on tape, AnimeSuki is an excellent source of links for downloading fan-subtitled anime episodes.